Warm sounding Dynamic Mic?

I think this is one. (I've never used one.)

So, as someone who has a lot of experience with both....they're very different sounding mics. The Shure has what has become the "typical" upper mid bump of a "vocal mic"--I like to say it's the mic some people always wished the 57/58 was--like that only 50 times "better" in every imaginable way. But, still--same family of sound. The Re20 has an upper midrange DIP--so, in a way, it's the opposite mic, when it comes to vocals--it's going to smooth what might be jagged and ugly about a voice at close range.

Both will be fine to do the old school vocal sound, but you need to COMMIT....ie, you need to understand that you're also going ot need to AGRESSIVELY filter the top and bottom. You're going to need to distort the peaks. You might find a tape sim that will do both, but I'd probably count on filtering into the tape so the tape saturation can NOT be filtered after the fact.

Plates and the only reverbs allowed....and LONG ones. Tape delay, but only as a slap. And for goodness sake--nothing is tuned.

There's no "mic" alone that delivers old vocals sounds....and frankly, I'm not sure why you would WANT one, depending on how far you go back. But, 120hz/14khz filters will go far. It didn't much matter what the mic was then---because between mushy Neves and tape generations and 50/15k filters and vinyl deEssing if anything actually got through....all you need is a mic whose midrange doesnt' suck. Which means, no CHinese LDCs. A 58 will do fine. An Sm7, even better. The Re20 is more for a very specific kind of voice and is IME/O much less universal.

MD441?

Those Heil mics are supposed to be pretty darn good.

I saw your post on FB about these. What do you use them on?

Rick what model are u using
Akg D190C or ES or E
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The EV635a would be more "thin" than "warm" depending on the register of the singer. It doesn't have a lot of bass, the Variable D can make it sound like a darker RE-20 to me. Never used the SM7, but the RE20 is a very straight-forward mic. It's not flattering, which can be great for mixing but can be disconcerting for singers.

If you want a warm vocal, I'd go all out and suggest getting a ribbon.

Mobeach, what are you planning to use a warm dynamic mic for? A warm "retro" sound is easily achievable with a Cascade Vin-Jet with the Lundahl transformer, and will only cost you $350. My buddy's done 8 or 9 demo tracks with it at home, and now that he's doing an album, he's keeping the Vin-Jet tracks, they're that good. His has the AMI transformer.

I've used the SM57 and 58 since forever, and had an RE-20 that I used for a decade. If by 'warm" you mean dull, then by all means, get the RE-20 ;-). Now, I've never used an SM7, so all I can say is based on what I've heard. When I think of Michael Jackson's recordings with it, I think flat and thin. I know Keith Richard used it on some of his new album, so it's a pro mic for sure, but I never found that flat, thin sound attractive. To me, it's kinda like a deadened AKG 414, with nothing like the immediacy and liveliness a good 414 has.

I did my album "Watching the Days Fall" with a U87, but it was out of service one day when I arrived for a session, so the next best thing laying around was an RE-20. I did two tracks with it, and when you hear those tracks on my album, it's much duller and lifeless. Long story short, I couldn't redo the vocal tracks, so I kept the RE-20 tracks, and cringe any time I hear them. So if it's for vocals, I'd take the 57 or 58 any day when compared to the RE-20.

Was the 635a used for a Hendrix type drum overhead sound or is that just a myth? I've used them on drum rooms a lot but on as a regular overhead.

I listened to the Amy Winehouse clip with her singing through the RE-20. Could have been the preamp, but I thought there was an unpleasant distortion in her voice at times.